Graduate Programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering · 10/29/2019 · Prof. Parveen Wahid is...
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ABOUT The department’s graduate students work with distinguished faculty on a variety of focus areas, from smart sensors, radar and navigation systems, and power-generating systems to systems design and networks. The department is housed in the Harris Engineering Center, a modern, 113,866 square-foot facility. THE UCF DIFFERENCE NATIONALLY-RANKED PROGRAMS Computer Engineering: 52 out of 148 programs (35th percentile) Electrical Engineering: 53 out of 186 (29th percentile) LEADERS IN SMART GRID ENERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION UCF leads a national, multi-partner consortium, known as FEEDER, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. More than 50 partners, including 12 universities and 22 utilities and co-ops, are working together to modernize and sustain the nation’s power grid as it transitions to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Through industry-relevant courses and shared curriculum, FEEDER partners are educating the nation’s current and future smart grid workforce. ECE Department Chair Zhihua Qu is principal investigator. UCF’s Florida Solar Energy Center is also on the team. GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED MASTER’S Electrical Engineering (Non-Thesis & Thesis option with tracks) Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis & Thesis option with tracks) DOCTORAL Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering FACULTY HONORS Our faculty are members and fellows of professional societies, including the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (1 member); IEEE (7 fellows); AAAS (3 fellows); American Society of Engineering Education (1 fellow); ECS (1 fellow); National Academy of Inventors (2 members). ALUMNI SAY “The Ph.D. journey at UCF equipped me with excellent knowledge and taught me to be perseverant and tough.” – Cong Li, Ph.D., ’14 Software Engineer, Google “My outstanding experience at UCF made it my only choice for graduate school. The extensive availability of night and online classes allows me to work full time and study.” – Walther Del Orbe, ’05, ’06, Engineer, Lockheed Martin “UCF has a great campus, excellent professors, advanced learning methods, modern facilities and flexible programs that allow students to acquire unique skill sets. The close proximity to Central Florida Research Park allows for networking and job opportunities.” – Assem Kaylani, Ph.D., ’01, ’08, Lead Software Engineer, GE Transportation Graduate Programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | ORLANDO PRIME LOCATION Orlando is in the center of the I-4 High Tech Corridor. The region’s top tech industries include modeling, simulation and training, optics and photonics, smart sensors, advanced turbomachinery, advanced materials, biomedical engineering, defense, aerospace and entertainment. The Central Florida Research Park, adjacent to UCF, is the nation’s 7th largest with more than 10,000 employees and 120 companies. FACTS OF INTEREST UCF’s electrical and computer engineering researchers are part of a team that landed the largest single grant in UCF history, $55 million from NASA. The project, “Global Observations of the Limb and Disk” will launch a satellite to observe the sun’s interactions with Earth’s atmosphere. Prof. Parveen Wahid is the 2017 winner of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Inspiring Member of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to WIE, their community and the engineering community. Wahid was noted for exemplary service to enriching the diversity and technical experiences of female members and students around the globe. WIE is among the largest international professional organizations devoted to recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally. Prof. W. Linwood Jones works to improve hurricane surveillance with a microwave remote sensor known as HIRAD (Hurricane Imaging Radiometer) that can measure ocean surface wind speed and rain rates while on-board a high-flying unmanned research aircraft. Dr. Jones leads the research team that is responsible for data analysis software and validation of wind speed and rain rate measurements.
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ABOUT
The department’s graduate students work with distinguished faculty on a variety of focus areas, from smart sensors, radar and navigation systems, and power-generating systems to systems design and networks. The department is housed in the Harris Engineering Center, a modern, 113,866 square-foot facility.
THE UCF DIFFERENCENATIONALLY-RANKED PROGRAMS
Computer Engineering: 52 out of 148 programs (35th percentile) Electrical Engineering: 53 out of 186 (29th percentile)
LEADERS IN SMART GRID ENERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION
UCF leads a national, multi-partner consortium, known as FEEDER, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. More than 50 partners, including 12 universities and 22 utilities and co-ops, are working together to modernize and sustain the nation’s power grid as it transitions to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Through industry-relevant courses and shared curriculum, FEEDER partners are educating the nation’s current and future smart grid workforce. ECE Department Chair Zhihua Qu is principal investigator. UCF’s Florida Solar Energy Center is also on the team.
GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED
MASTER’SElectrical Engineering (Non-Thesis & Thesis option with tracks)
Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis & Thesis option with tracks)
DOCTORALElectrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
FACULTY HONORS
Our faculty are members and fellows of professional societies, including the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (1 member); IEEE (7 fellows); AAAS (3 fellows); American Society of Engineering Education (1 fellow); ECS (1 fellow); National Academy of Inventors (2 members).
ALUMNI SAY
“The Ph.D. journey at UCF equipped me with excellent knowledge and taught me to be perseverant and tough.”
– Cong Li, Ph.D., ’14 Software Engineer, Google
“My outstanding experience at UCF made it my only choice for graduate school. The extensive availability of night and online classes allows me to work full time and study.”
– Walther Del Orbe, ’05, ’06, Engineer, Lockheed Martin
“UCF has a great campus, excellent professors, advanced learning methods, modern facilities and flexible programs that allow students to acquire unique skill sets. The close proximity to Central Florida Research Park allows for networking and job opportunities.”
– Assem Kaylani, Ph.D., ’01, ’08, Lead Software Engineer,
GE Transportation
Graduate Programs in
Electrical and Computer Engineering
U N I V E R S I T Y O F C E N T R A L F L O R I D A | O R L A N D O
PRIME LOCATION
Orlando is in the center of the I-4 High Tech Corridor. The region’s top tech industries include modeling, simulation and training, optics and photonics, smart sensors, advanced turbomachinery, advanced materials, biomedical engineering, defense, aerospace and entertainment. The Central Florida Research Park, adjacent to UCF, is the nation’s 7th largest with more than 10,000 employees and 120 companies.
FACTS OF INTEREST
UCF’s electrical and computer engineering researchers are part of a team that landed the largest single grant in UCF history, $55 million from NASA. The project, “Global Observations of the Limb and Disk” will launch a satellite to observe the sun’s interactions with Earth’s atmosphere.
Prof. Parveen Wahid is the 2017 winner of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Inspiring Member of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to WIE, their community and the engineering community. Wahid was noted for exemplary service to enriching the diversity and technical experiences of female members and students around the globe. WIE is among the largest international professional organizations devoted to recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally.
Prof. W. Linwood Jones works to improve hurricane surveillance with a microwave remote sensor known as HIRAD (Hurricane Imaging Radiometer) that can measure ocean surface wind speed and rain rates while on-board a high-flying unmanned research aircraft. Dr. Jones leads the research team that is responsible for data analysis software and validation of wind speed and rain rate measurements.
U N I V E R S I T Y O F C E N T R A L F L O R I D A | O R L A N D O
ALUMNI STARSGENE FRANTZ, ’71
Rice University Professor in the Practice and Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments. He invented the technology inside the Texas Instruments Speak & Spell and is considered the “father” of digital signal processing.
ANKUSH OBERAI, Ph.D., ’83, ’18
Senior Director of Research Development, Synopsys, technology inventor and entrepreneur. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science.
CONTACTZHIHUA QU, Ph.D.
KALPATHY SUNDARAM, Ph.D.Graduate [email protected]
DIANA M. CAMERINO Coordinator, Graduate Student Services [email protected]
UCF Dept. of Electrical & Computer EngineeringHarris Engineering Center4328 Scorpius StreetOrlando, FL 32816-2362
Phone: (407) 823-3327Fax: (407) 823-1488Web: ece.ucf.edu
ADMISSIONVisit graduatecatalog.ucf.edu and select your program of interest to see admission requirements, deadlines and additional program information.
FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH FOCUS GROUPS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND VLSI:Data-intensive High Performance Computing, Massive Storage and File System, I/O ArchitectureComputer Architecture and Evolvable HardwareSecure, Trusted, and Reliable Processor and ASIC Design; Cyber Security and Cryptography
CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (COMMUNICATION, CONTROLS, SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND ENERGY SYSTEMS):Network Systems, Cooperative Control, Optimization and GamesAutonomous Robotics Vehicles, Medical and Assistive RoboticsSmart Grids, Distributed Generation and Optimization, Protection and ControlBiomedical Devices and ControlDigital Signal Processing, Detection and EstimationCommunication Theory, Cognitive Radios and Networks, Wireless Communication and Senor NetworksMachine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Distributed Decision
MICRO- AND NANO-SYSTEMS:Micro- and Nano-Electronics, MEMS devices, Device Modeling, Acoustic Wave DevicesPower Electronics, Power Semiconductor Devices and ICsOptoelectronic Materials, Thin Films, Micromachining
ELECTROMAGNETICS:Microwave Sensors, Antennas, Phase Arrays and Integrated RFRemote Sensing, Satellite Communications
RESEARCH LABORATORIESECE has 17 labs, including state-of-the-art Class 100/1000 Cleanroom microfabrication facilities, Remote Sensing, Nano/MEMS, Medical Robotics and Antenna, RF & Microwave Integrated Systems Labs, and the Siemens Digital Grid Lab.
COMPETITIVELY-AWARDED RESEARCH CENTERSFoundations for Engineering Education for Distributed Energy Resources (FEEDER), U.S. Department of Energy
Electric Vehicle Transportation Center (EVTC), U.S. Department of Transportation
Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST), addressing the Internet of Things, National Science Foundation
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